Roofing-package



(No Model.)

I W. L. & H. HEBERLING.

ROOFING PAUKAGE.

No. 405,311. Patented June 18, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM L. HEBERLING AND HENRY HEBERLING, OF HAVANA, ILLINOIS.

ROOFING- PACKAGE."

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 405,311, dated June 18,1889.

Application filed August 20, 1888. Serial No. 283,292. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that we, YVILLIAM L. HEBER- LING and HENRY HEBERLING,citizens of the United States, residing at Havana, in the county ofMason and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sheet-Metal-Roofing Packages; and we do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of our invention is a better form for packing sheet-metalroofing for market, more particularly a better means for securing headsin the ends of roll-roofing to support its walls and inclose its centralcavity for a storageichamber.

The method heretofore practiced of winding the roofing upon the headsand nailing through its first coil into them to retain them is veryobjectionable, not only because of the annoying interruptionsnecessitated to insert the contents of the storage-chamber and drive thenails at intervals while the first coil is being wound, but because thenails are at all permissible only so near the edge of the metal that thehead, in order to receive them,

-must be placed flush with the end of the roll,

which leaves the package very unpleasant to I handle for lack of amargin at the rim for a hand-hold. Moreover, the contents of the packagecannot be removed or inspected without first unwinding the entire roll,and the use of the nails, even near the edge of the roofing, which issometimes torn in removing them, is a decided injury to it. WVe avoidthese objectionable features by the use of Very simple means, which willbe better understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in whichlike parts are designated by the same numbers.

Figure 1 is a plain circular head. a roll of metal roofing. Fig. 3 showsthe head in the end of the roll. Fig. 4. is an end view of the headedroll.

We first roll our roofing to a given internal diameter, and securelywire it, as in Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is While these rolls stand on end we drop into one of them atemporary support for a head. Then placing the head 5 into the roll 6,which it fits neatly, we settle it with hammer or ,mallet sufficientlydown within the roll to leave a margin for a convenient hand-hold insidethe rim, as at 8, Fig. 3,where the head rests upon the temporary supportwithin the roll. Then at two or more points around the rim of the roll,with a proper tool we bend the edge of one or more of the inside coilsof the roofing in, as at 7, Figs. 3 and 4, upon the head 5, thussecuring it against any tendency to move outward.

Having thus secured the head in one end of the roll, this end is placeddown and the temporary support removed at the open upper end, leavingthe storage-chamber within the roll ready to receive the roofingaccompaniments. These vary with different roofings, consisting,generally, of seam-caps, cleats, and nails, and sometimes includingtools and dry paint. e so pack these as to support the inner sides ofthe heads, using seam-caps especially of such length as to brace theheads apart against their outer fastenin gs, but do not limit ourselvesto these for said purpose. When the contents have been placed in thestorage-chamber, we insert the second head, force it against thecontents, and secure it by turning in upon it the edge of one or more ofthe inside coils of the roll in substantially the same manner as withthe first. The advantages of this method of packing are obvious. Itinvolves few changes of process and is economical. It is thoroughlyefficient and makes a convenient package for handling, transportation,and storage. Its heads can be readily removed and replaced and itscontents inspected, and its construction is not in the least injuriousto the materials.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A roll of roofing with an edge of one or more of its inside coilsturned in as'a retaining device.

2. A roll of roofing with one or more sup= porting-heads retainedtherein by an inturned edge on one or more of the inside coils of theroll.

3. A roll of roofing with one or more ends of a storage-ehmnber retainedtherein by an ments stored therein by an inturned edge on Io intnrnededge on one or more of the inside one or more of the inside coils of the1-011.

coils of the roll. In testimony whereof We aflix our signatures 4. Aroll of roofing with one or more end in presence of two Witnesses.

5 pieces secured Within it against a resisting XVM. L. HEBERLING.

device by an intnrned edge on one or more of HENRY HEBERLING. the insidecoils of the roll. \Vitnesses:

5. A roll of roofing with one or more sup- JOHN LALLY,

porting-heads secured again-st aceompmli- \V. II. HALL.

